INDEPENDENCE -- If Kyrie Irving is able to clear one more hurdle, the Cavaliers point guard could get clearance to play against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.

He took part in non-contact drills in practice on Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts.

If he comes through that unscathed, he could graduate to their full-contact practice on Today.

Irving, 19, is recovering from a concussion he suffered in the Miami game on Feb. 7. He's missed the last three games.

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The 6-foot-3, 191-pounder will be re-evaluated by team doctors either late Monday or early Tuesday.

"All I know is when I talked to (Cavs athletic trainer Max Benton), he said the doctors would re-evaluate him and let us know tomorrow how he feels and what's going on," coach Byron Scott said.

Scott said he's hoping to have Irving ready for the Pacers, but he's preparing for the worst. If he can't play or doesn't get medical clearance, Ramon Sessions will start at point guard.

Sessions has dished out an average of 12.3 assists in his three games in the starting lineup.

Center Anderson Varejao, who suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right wrist in Friday's game against Milwaukee, remains out indefinitely.

Scott said there's been no talk about having surgery, which would likely wipe out the rest of his season.

"As of today, all I've heard was that further tests will be done to determine a time frame," Scott said.

Scott is anxious to find out exactly how long Varejao will be out.

"He has the soft cast on right now and again all I'm doing is asking them to tell me a timeframe," he said. "I'm not trying to get all the particulars. Just let me know if he's going to be out a week, two weeks, six weeks or eight weeks. Just let me know."

The coach hopes his players got over their mourning period for Varejao.

"I told them I hope that the last game was a one-time hangover," Scott said. "I understand from a player's standpoint, when you're missing someone as important as Andy is to us, I understand that you're going to probably feel a little disappointment or sadness that he's not out there because he gives you everything he's got.

"But like I've said in the past, it gives other guys opportunities and they better be ready to step up and take the challenge. We still have to move on."

Guard Anthony Parker (strained lower back) didn't practice and won't play against the Pacers. Guard Daniel Gibson tweaked his ankle in the Philadelphia game on Saturday, but he'll remain in the starting lineup on Wednesday.

Scott said he wouldn't blame the five-month lockout on the rash of injuries around the league.

"(The injuries) might be magnified because there's a short season," he said.

Oh Uzoh

Recently signed point guard Ben Uzoh made his Cavs' debut on Saturday in their loss to Philadelphia. He dished out two assists, had three rebounds and two points in 5 minutes, 24 seconds.

"We teased him in the film room today that in the first 14 seconds he played, he got three shots up," Scott said. "We said he got a little greedy out there."

Scott was amazed by how quickly Uzoh has picked up the offense.

"He knows everything we told him to run," he said. "We gave him a short playbook, but he has it down pat. The scary part is we have four or five guys who aren't even close to him.

That's the scary part. It's either that he is very, very smart, or we've got four guys that are very, very dumb."

Semih's golden opportunity

Scott said Semih Erden will start at center to help counter 7-2 Roy Hibbert of the Pacers.

Erden didn't score in 14 minutes against the Sixers. Scott was asked why he was sticking with Erden, who didn't play particularly well on Saturday.

"That's an understatement," Scott said. "I've got to give him a chance. We're playing a team in Indiana that has a 7-footer who is pretty good and just made the All-Star team. I think it's a great challenge for him.

"I'm hoping he looks at it as, 'I've got a golden opportunity here. I better try and take advantage of it."

Omri's adventure

Scott said he wants struggling forward Omri Casspi to play harder.

"He has to run the floor better, run the floor harder," he said. "He has to do all the little things we talked about two or three weeks ago. (He has to) get in there and fight, rebound the ball, and quit thinking about scoring so much.

"I think if he can just get to where he's a little more aggressive on the defensive end, everything else will take care of itself."